Alya WTA Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, WTA Premier

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DATE: Feb 27 - Mar 5, 2017
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: $226,750
FIELD SIZE: Field Size
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Elina Svitolina

Seeds:

1. SVITOLINA, Elina
2. SUÁREZ NAVARRO, Carla
3. GARCIA, Caroline
4. PENG, Shuai
5. DUAN, Ying-Ying
6. WANG, Qiang
7. MERTENS, Elise
8. BUYUKAKCAY, Cagla

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BMW Malaysian Open by Stuart Buchanan, on Flickr

The Tournament:

The Malaysian Open (formerly known as the Malaysian Tennis Classic) is a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. The event is affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and is an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour. The event has been held at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort and The Royal Selangor Golf Club.

About Kuala Lumpar:

Malaysia is like two countries in one, cleaved in half by the South China Sea. While peninsula flaunts bustling cities, colonial architecture, misty tea plantations and chill-out islands, Malaysian Borneo hosts wild jungles of orangutans, granite peaks and remote tribes, along with some pretty spectacular diving.

Kuala Lumpur, the capital, with its space-age architecture, is well-known for great food. The city offers a fascinating mix of Asian culinary traditions. Chinese-Malay ‘Nonya’ fare, Indian curries, Chinese buffets, Malay food stalls and Dayak specialties, with some impressive Western-style food thrown in for good measure.

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Results from the Malaysian Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday

Risa Ozaki (Japan) beat 8-Cagla Buyukakcay (Turkey) 6-2 3-6 6-4
Zhang Kailin (China) beat Kateryna Kozlova (Ukraine) 7-6(8) 6-2
Lesley Kerkhove (Netherlands) beat 7-Elise Mertens (Belgium) 6-4 7-6(4)
Zheng Saisai (China) beat Zhu Lin (China) 7-6(5) 2-6 6-3
Ashleigh Barty (Australia) beat Irina Falconi (U.S.) 6-3 5-7 6-0
Nao Hibino (Japan) beat Maryna Zanevska (Belgium) 7-5 4-6 6-2
Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spain) beat Silvia Soler Espinosa (Spain) 6-3 7-6(2)
5-Duan Yingying (China) beat Zarina Diyas (Kazakhstan) 7-5 6-3
 

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Results from the Malaysian Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday

Miyu Kato (Japan) beat 2-Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) 2-6 6-1 6-3
4-Peng Shuai (China) beat Chang Kai-Chen (Taiwan) 6-1 6-4
Han Xinyun (China) beat Aleksandra Krunic (Serbia) 7-5 6-1
6-Wang Qiang (China) beat Nina Stojanovic (Serbia) 6-1 6-3
Anna Kalinskaya (Russia) beat 3-Caroline Garcia (France) 7-5 6-2
Sabina Sharipova (Uzbekistan) beat Hsieh Su-Wei (Taiwan) 7-5 5-7 6-1
Magda Linette (Poland) beat Katarina Zavatska (Ukraine) 6-1 3-6 6-3
1-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) beat Jang Su-Jeong (South Korea) 6-2 6-3

Carla Suarez Navarro and Caroline Garcia make early exits.
 

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Results from the Malaysian Open Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday

Lesley Kerkhove (Netherlands) beat Sabina Sharipova (Uzbekistan) 6-4 6-4
Zhang Kailin (China) beat Risa Ozaki (Japan) 6-2 6-4
Nao Hibino (Japan) beat 1-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) walkover

The big news being Elina Svitolina exiting with injury.
 

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Results from the Malaysian Open Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Thursday

Magda Linette (Poland) beat 4-Peng Shuai (China) 5-2 (Peng S retired)
5-Duan Yingying (China) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spain) 6-0 4-6 7-5
6-Wang Qiang (China) beat Zheng Saisai (China) 6-1 6-1 Han Xinyun (China) beat Anna Kalinskaya (Russia) 6-3 6-0
Ashleigh Barty (Australia) beat Miyu Kato (Japan) 6-0 6-3

Results from the Malaysian Open Women's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Friday

Ashleigh Barty (Australia) beat Zhang Kailin (China) 6-0 7-6(2)
 

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Results from the Malaysian Open Women's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Friday

Nao Hibino (Japan) beat Lesley Kerkhove (Netherlands) 7-6(4) 6-3
Magda Linette (Poland) beat 5-Duan Yingying (China) 7-6(3) 4-6 6-1
Han Xinyun (China) beat 6-Wang Qiang (China) 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4
Ashleigh Barty (Australia) beat Zhang Kailin (China) 6-0 7-6(2)
 

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Congrats to Ash Barty on winning her first WTA single title,great result after her comeback to tennis.